He was born in Serantes - Castropol 23/11/1845, his father was Fernando Villamil and Villamil, he was deputy to Cortes by Asturias in the legislatures 1841-1842 and 1842, he also was deputy by El Ferrol in the legislatures 1896-1898 and 1898- 1899, was marine and invented the destroyer (Type of ship of war), died 03/07/1898 in the battle of Santiago de Cuba against the US Navy, to the control of its destroyer Furor, never recovered its corpse.
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I apologize by my English (I don’t speak English)